Research Interests

Luke’s research interests focus on evolution (particularly social evolution) and biogeography. A primary feature of his research to date is the exploration of the evolutionary ecology and biology of the allodapine bees (family Apidae: tribe Allodapini). By integrating bionomy, descriptive morphology, taxonomy, and bioinformatics, Luke aims to generate comprehensive and detailed new scenarios for the evolution and biogeographical history of this group.

7. Chenoweth, L. B., Tierney, S. M., Smith, J. A., Cooper, S. J. B., and Schwarz, M. P. (2007). Social complexity in bees is not sufficient to explain lack of reversions to solitary living over long time scales. BMC EvolutionaryBiology7:246.

8. Chenoweth, L. B. and Schwarz, M. P. (2007). Social biology of two Malagasy Halterapis: evidence that eusociality is plesiomorphic for an ancestral allodapine lineage. Annals of the Entomological Society ofAmerica100:311–319.